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Letters
SEMINARY REFORM I commend Thomas Berg (“Getting Formation Right,” December) for his suggestions for reforming the seminary…
Terrence Malick and the Great Thing
It looked like a perfectly ordinary premiere. At the Academy Theatre in Hollywood, the red carpet was…
The New Cool
More than any other filmmakers, the Coen brothers have wormed their way into my everyday. The Hudsucker…
Superheroes and Saints
Face front, true believers. Last week the world lost one of the few household names among the…
The Point of Gosnell
I went to see Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer because I thought I ought…
Reversing Roe v. Wade
Reversing Roe, the recent Netflix documentary directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, is billed as a…
Nothing Compares to Allah
Remember Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter with an ethereal voice and a penchant for troublemaking? Well, Sinéad…
Kanye Goes Back to the Old Landmark
Kanye West’s October 11 visit to the White House displayed unforced conviviality mixed with mutual sincerity—a welcome…
Songs of Faith and Yearning
I can’t read Kant for long before my parody switch flicks on. The grand architecture of his…
The Nun and Vatican II
The Nun—director Corin Hardy’s horror movie set in 1952 in a remote, ultra-traditional Catholic convent in Romania—is…
Harry Potter as Sacred Text
Traditional contemplative practices are in right now—and not only with the religious and pan-spiritual types you’d expect.…
Abortion on Trial
Artists these days are required to either be atheists or tacitly agree to not, in Alastair Campbell’s…
Not-So-Old Mars
In 2013, Bantam published an anthology of new stories entitled Old Mars, edited by George R. R.…
Demons of the Machine
This article contains spoilers for the film Hereditary. In his preface to Hostage to the Devil, Malachi Martin…
Paul Schrader’s Acts of Repentance
Religious films rarely receive critical acclaim these days, but a recent exception is Paul Schrader’s First Reformed—a…
